diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ee73b60f431..937df706202 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
             "OCP\\": "lib/public"
         }
     },
+    "require": {
+        "ext-json": "*"
+    },
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 1d12f54a5fc..c62d71353bd 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "8b37c8b04970af89937957aad3c18a12",
+    "content-hash": "c6266c06daad42dd49f2bd3d5288467d",
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     "packages-dev": [
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@@ -1711,7 +1711,9 @@
     "stability-flags": [],
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
-    "platform": [],
+    "platform": {
+        "ext-json": "*"
+    },
     "platform-dev": [],
     "plugin-api-version": "1.1.0"
 }